Groupies: A Love Story
“Do you have the clap?” This charming pickup line is slurred by English musician, Luther Grovesnor, to an overeager groupie named Lixie in the notorious 1970 documentary, Groupies. “Yes,” she admits over the din of an East Village nightclub. “But I’ve been on penicillin for three days, so it should be cleared up by now.” This less than More...
John Wayne Refutes Keynesiansm
Here is an excerpt from an insightful interview that John Wayne gave in 1975. In it, he discusses his aversion to liberals, socialism and John Maynard Keynes. His main criticism of liberals is that they don’t More...
The Unbearable Lightness of Sandra Fluke
A red herring named Sandra Fluke floated through the murky waters of Congress last week, lured on by Nancy Pelosi before a mock hearing on the HHS contraception mandate. Miss Fluke’s testimony – as a law student More...
Marxism and Barack Obama
In which philosophical form of government does Barack Obama believe? That has been one of the ongoing debates since he burst upon the national political scene a scant four years ago. Political observers noted he More...
Don’t Believe the Hollywood Spin, Han Shot First.
The latest liberal – conservative controversy revolves around Han Solo’s shooting bounty hunter Greedo at the Mos Eisley Cantina in the movie Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. In the original movie, More...
Pregnancy and Other Preventable Diseases
Time was when healthcare prevention was associated with smoke-cessation, dieting and exercise to avoid preventable diseases such as heart attacks, cancer and strokes. With the HHS mandate requiring contraception More...
Game Change
Santorum Victory Changes Everything The question of Why Not Rick? that we asked here at These New Times on January 29 appears to have been answered in a big way by Republican voters in Missouri, Minnesota and More...
DOJ’s Latest Beat Down: Swiss Banks
Wow! The Department of Justice took an extraordinary step yesterday. It indicted Swiss private bank, Bank Wegelin, for aiding and abetting in US income tax fraud. This is a big deal. I’ll More...
CBO Report: OMG!
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is out with its annual report. It’s a blockbuster. This 165 page monster is filled with dozens of charts, graphs and detailed projections. It will be talked about for weeks. More...
Why not Rick?
It is a puzzle. We have four remaining Republican candidates for President. The four include political chameleon Mitt Romney, who can change political positions to meld with the background of any group he is trying More...
